Trail of Death
September 13, 1838
Over 850 Potawatomi Indians camped here on the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, Sept. 13, 1838, on the forced removal from Indiana to Kansas. There were 106 sick so two doctors were called in, Drs. Ritchie & son. Sanford Cox later wrote in old Settlers: tears fell from the cheek of the downcast warrior, old men trembled, matrons wept, the swarthy maidens’s cheek turned pale. . .sad as a funeral procession.
Marker is on County Route S 950 W south of County Route W 75 S, on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
